Mizrachim and Their Socio-Cultural Status in Israel

Year 2018, Volume: 20 Issue: 37, 81 - 105, 18.06.2018

Ravza Aydın

https://doi.org/10.17335/sakaifd.348441

Cited By: 3

Abstract

The Jewish community in Israel has
become a heterogeneous and even forked structure composed of Middle Eastern and
European Jews as a result of immigration from several countries, especially
after the 1950s. Today, we hear of existence of different Jewish groups like
Ashkenazim, Sephardim, Mizrachim, Falashim, Samirim, and Karaim in Israel. But,
it is generally divided binary as West and East under the influence of
orientalist perspective. The first of them is Ashkenazim and it is thought that
they represent Western culture; the second one is Mizrachim and it is thought
that they represent Eastern culture. There have been the social, political,
economic and sometimes religious conflict between these two groups since they
immigrated to Israel. In this essay, we will first inform about these two
groups and then focus on their main matter of conflict and its reason with
examples in daily life.

Keywords

Israel, Jew, Ashkenazi, Mizrachi, Sepharad, Conflict

MİZRAHİ YAHUDİLERİ VE İSRAİL’DEKİ SOSYO KÜLTÜREL DURUMLARI

Abstract

İsrail’deki
Yahudi topluluğu özellikle 1950’lerden sonra birçok ülkeden alınan göçler
neticesinde Ortadoğu ve Avrupa Yahudilerinden oluşan heterojen hatta
çatallaşmış bir yapı hâline gelmiştir. Bugün İsrail’de Aşkenaziler, Sefardiler,
Mizrahiler, Falaşalar, Samiriler ve Karailer
olmak üzere birçok Yahudi grubun varlığından söz edilmektedir. Bununla birlikte
oryantalist perspektifin etkisinde Batı ve Doğu şeklinde genel bir ayrıma
gidilerek Yahudi gruplar arasında ikili bir taksim de yapılmaktadır. İlk grup Batı’yı
temsil ettiği düşünülen Aşkenaziler, ikinci grup ise Doğu kültürünü temsil
ettiği düşünülen ve genel itibariyle Mizrahiler adı altında toplanan
Yahudilerden oluşmaktadır. Bu iki grup arasında İsrail’e ilk yerleştikleri
zamandan itibaren süregelen sosyal, siyasi, iktisadi ve hatta kimi zaman dini
meselelerde anlaşmazlık söz konusudur. Çalışmamızda iki grup hakkında bilgi verildikten
sonra aralarındaki temel ihtilaf konularının nedeni üzerinde durulması
hedeflenmektedir. 

Keywords

İsrail, Çatışma, Yahudi, Aşkenazi, Mizrahi, Sefardi, Çatışma

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